--- a/gettext-tools/misc/autopoint.in
+++ b/gettext-tools/misc/autopoint.in
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ archive_version=@ARCHIVE_VERSION@
 
 # Set variables
 # - gettext_datadir     directory where the data files are stored.
-prefix="@prefix@"
+if [ -n "$STAGING_DIR" ]; then
+	prefix="$STAGING_DIR/host"
+else
+	prefix="@prefix@"
+fi
 datarootdir="@datarootdir@"
 : ${gettext_datadir="@datadir@/gettext"}
 : ${AUTOM4TE=autom4te}
--- a/gettext-tools/misc/gettextize.in
+++ b/gettext-tools/misc/gettextize.in
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ archive_version=@ARCHIVE_VERSION@
 
 # Set variables
 # - gettext_datadir     directory where the data files are stored.
-prefix="@prefix@"
+if [ -n "$STAGING_DIR" ]; then
+	prefix="$STAGING_DIR/host"
+else
+	prefix="@prefix@"
+fi
 datarootdir="@datarootdir@"
 : ${gettext_datadir="@datadir@/gettext"}
 : ${AUTOM4TE=autom4te}
